What happened to the cast of “The Beverly Hillbillies”? All about the stars' lives after the show

Now listen to a story about a man named Jed… and where The Beverly Hillbilliescast wound up after the show ended more than 50 ...
dailyyonder.com

Commentary: Hillbillies Don’t Need an Elegy, but the Mountains Might

Footage from Junior Walker’s Youtube channel documenting surface mines. This shot is Crescent II mine in May 2024, permit S502007. “We’ll show these fascists what a couple a hillbillies can do.” – ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Controversial History of the Word ‘Hillbilly,’ Which Was First Defined in Print 125 Years Ago

"The Beverly Hillbillies" cast in 1963, from left to right: Max Baer Jr. (as Jethro Bodine); Irene Ryan (as Granny, Daisy Moses); Buddy Ebsen (as Jed Clampett); and Donna Douglas (as Elly May Clampett ...
Christianity Today

Hillbillies Deserve More than an Elegy

VP candidate J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir told a compelling story about my home region in Appalachia. But it was not the whole story. On Monday, Donald Trump announced his pick for vice ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

One man’s harrowing journey from the hollers

This book review of JD Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” originally appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Living & Arts section on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. There are two very good reasons this year — ...